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Release Date: 2002Labels: Columbia, Sony Music Catalog
Basically this 1998 Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II pressing, housed in an additional die-cut slipcase. Contains 24-page booklet with lyrics and credits.First cat# on slipcase (rear), second on slipcase (bottom), third on spines and CDs, fourth on CD back inlay.
CD1 is manufactured as enhanced CD+/CD Extra and contains the video clips for "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "The Night Is Still Young". Material viewable on Mac and PC after installing the CD Extra programme by using QuickTime.
Note: content was designed for dated Windows versions 3.1 and 95 and requires some aptness to get it running with modern gear.
Durations not given on release, derived from CD drive.
On CDs:
Made in Austria.
On slipcase:
© 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG/"Columbia" is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc./Distribution Sony Music.
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Note:
Five songs that were released in edited versions on the previous edition have now been restored to their full original studio album lengths. They are (along with old/new running time):
"The Stranger" (4:55/5:09), "Just The Way You Are" (3:34/4:51), "My Life" (3:50/4:44), "Big Shot" (3:43/4:02), "Pressure" (3:13/4:37).
"She's Got A Way" is the live version taken from 1981's "Songs In The Attic" (2:44/3:02).
"Say Goodbye To Hollywood" is now the original 1976 version from "Turnstiles" which has a 4:39 time duration. On the previous edition it was also taken from "Songs In The Attic".